Match Report
14 points and 8 places separated them: Newport County 15th with 57, Hartlepool United 23rd with 43. On the form table Newport County stood 11th over the last five rounds, despite being 15th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Newport County 1.15 scored and 1.22 conceded per game, Hartlepool United 1.13 and 1.7, with the league averaging 1.17.
Hartlepool United had not lost in 8 games, having scored in 8 consecutive games.
GioScore's database holds 11 meetings between the two: 4 for Newport County, 3 for Hartlepool United and 4 drawn, at 2.82 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 36% of the wins in this matchup. Goals tend to flow: 64% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 55%.
Rodney Parade in Casnewyd staged the fixture, a ground that holds 7,850. On the scoreboard, Newport County led 2-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 2-0 the final score.